The Minutes of Bill Gurley on silicon valley https://minutesof.com/bill-gurley/on/silicon-valley/ Everything Bill Gurley has said on silicon valley: 5 verbatim quotes between June 2008 and July 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:21:59 +0000 I spent twenty five years in Silicon Valley, it was titled 2851. And I I used that title because I had a punch https://minutesof.com/q/73fe2654-4fe2-49cb-b30c-11d28124149d/ https://minutesof.com/q/73fe2654-4fe2-49cb-b30c-11d28124149d/ “I spent twenty five years in Silicon Valley, it was titled 2851. And I I used that title because I had a punch line at the end where I said the reason Silicon Valley works so well is because it's so far fucking away from Washington DC, and that was the distance in miles.” — Bill Gurley Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:02:49 +0000 silicon valley Gurley says Silicon Valley has become more rooted in Washington DC than ever before since he gave his talk. https://minutesof.com/q/cb22a217-c81c-4190-b3a8-9f27013f7e8b/ https://minutesof.com/q/cb22a217-c81c-4190-b3a8-9f27013f7e8b/ “But since I gave that talk, I'd say Silicon Valley has gotten more, like, rooted in Washington DC than it ever has more. Than it ever has before.” — Bill Gurley Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:02:49 +0000 silicon valley Gurley concludes Silicon Valley's success is because it is so far away from Washington DC. https://minutesof.com/q/ce52a09e-1e02-40c3-bc86-bad00bc5b4e1/ https://minutesof.com/q/ce52a09e-1e02-40c3-bc86-bad00bc5b4e1/ “The reason Silicon Valley has been so successful is because it's so fucking far away from Washington DC.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 16 Sep 2023 01:49:57 +0000 silicon valley Gurley says average Silicon Valley financial literacy is two out of ten versus eight-and-a-half in New York. https://minutesof.com/q/7d6607ac-c740-4a42-a97a-8f9f84e2d4a8/ https://minutesof.com/q/7d6607ac-c740-4a42-a97a-8f9f84e2d4a8/ “So this gets into some of the earlier stuff we talked about just about how deep you go on investing history and understanding But if there is a scale of financial sophistication between one and ten, and you would say a really smart person in New York is a eight and a half.” — Tim Ferriss Thu, 26 Jan 2023 19:45:00 +0000 silicon valley Gurley explains that struggling Silicon Valley companies suffer brain drain due to abundant alternative opport https://minutesof.com/q/5a617821-0a3b-42ca-a71c-b08d375f3ca4/ https://minutesof.com/q/5a617821-0a3b-42ca-a71c-b08d375f3ca4/ “In Silicon Valley, when you have a company on the outs, there are so many job opportunities around here. You get the brain drain, the creative talent leaves.” — Bloomberg Originals Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:33:21 +0000 silicon valley